These days, mustaches are a trend. Nothing more than an internet meme and an extension of hipster branding. In the 1980s though, mustaches were legit.
They weren’t there to capitalize on some internet popularity contest or to make a fashion statement. Back then, mustaches were hairy extensions of virile ass kickers. Only the manliest men or downright coolest cats in the land could wear a ‘stache. The 80s brought us a ton of different mustaches, from the fancy ladies men, to the brawlin’ bruisers with big bushy upper lips.
Today we pay tribute to the 20 ‘staches that made children of the 80s realize mustaches were cool in every month, not just “Movember”.
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20. They were classy and sophisticated
19. They were remarkable storytellers
18. They were the perfect way to say “Hello”
17. They were flamethrowers
16. They had access to the top secret Gadgetphone
15. They were welcome celebrated in America
14. They were handy to have around
13. They were weird (in a good way)
12. They loved an adventure
11. They went Bandit- “Reynolds style”
10. They charmed the princess
9. They saved the princess
8. They commanded respect
7. They kicked ass in the name of America
6. There was nothing in Eternia they couldn’t fix
5. They will, they will rock you
4. They believed in anything, as long as there’s a steady paycheck in it
3. This.
2. If you trained, said your prayers and took your vitamins they could look like this
1. They just ruled
Fun post. Enjoyed it. Perfect showing the “Moustache Rides” t-shirt.
hilarious, I forgot he wore that in Mask.
Love this list. Looking back its funny how many cartoon characters had mustaches (esp. on GIJoe) , no wonder we thought there were such manly men!
Nothing wrong with being hirsute.
I love the word hirsute.
They had cool callsigns: #Viper #SkerrittStache
Still love this list. Should probably have Rollie Fingers on it somewhere.